I secretly started posting daily
Recently I secretly started writing every day, and I’m now on day 7.
I was afraid I’d quit after three days and feel embarrassed, so I didn’t announce it beforehand. Just did it.
Why post daily
I’ve read countless self-improvement books, and the principles are actually quite simple:
- Enjoy the process more than the results
- Quantity leads to quality
- Writing, like exercise, requires daily practice
Since I love writing, and writing more has so many benefits, I should do it every day.
Ali Abdaal said something in his very expensive YouTube course like “YouTubers must post weekly.” Writing is so much easier than making YouTube videos, so bloggers should post daily!
But it’s hard to do. I always have excuses: no time, no inspiration, no one reads it anyway.
The most honest reason? I’m lazy.
But recently, three things made me think I should try posting daily.
1. The daily posting pioneer and the ripple effect
I really admire Wiwi from NiceChord, who has posted daily for over a year. Since I accidentally discovered his site and realized he posts daily, every morning I check his website because I know there will be a new post. I want that “Wiwi definitely posted today” trust. Even if I only have one reader.
I emailed Wiwi asking how he does it, and he said:
The “trigger” for daily posting? I think it’s because of large language models! Without them, posting daily would be too exhausting and brain-draining. But with LLMs, I just need to “messily write” the feelings in my head… I just treat it like social media for venting, don’t stress too much about articles needing to be substantial or long, and it’s easier to keep updating.
Amazing. I also don’t have social media, so I can treat my website as social media. AI really leaves lazy people like me with no excuses.
What’s even more interesting is that on Wiwi’s blog, I learned that his biggest influence is Seth Godin—an incredible person who has posted daily for over 1000 days and written 21 books. And Seth was the one who helped Derek Sivers publish his first book. Derek and Wiwi have both deeply influenced me.
Could this be the ripple effect of daily posting? I’m willing to be at the end of this ripple, influenced and taking action.
Maybe someday I can influence others too? That would feel amazing!
But this just made me hesitate. I love hesitating.
2. The missed Ironman challenge and the dream of publishing
Then came the second thing.
I recently checked my Analytics and found that Huli mentioned my “Fire yourself!!” passive investing approach in his semi-scientific retirement manual. Then I saw that he published two books by participating in the ITHome Ironman challenge.
30 posts in 30 days on the same topic sounds crazy but super cool. After finishing, you basically have the outline of a book. Unfortunately, the Ironman challenge has already passed.
And I’m not interested in traditional publishing anyway. If I publish a book, I want to independently publish like my idols, do everything myself, even if it’s just a small ebook.
But all of this is just an excuse not to do it. I say I want to be a writer, but I’m actually watching Netflix. (And I recently subscribed to Disney Plus and Apple TV!).
This can’t continue. That’s when I suddenly realized what I want is just output, not awards. So I can totally run my own Ironman challenge. Then, write more posts, put them together, and wouldn’t that be a little book?
3. Inspired by “Tiny Experiments”
This month I’m reading “Tiny Experiments” (I predict it will blow up in Taiwan like “Atomic Habits” after publication, and it’s from the same publisher and editorial team). If “Tiny Habits” has been translated in Taiwan as “Design Your Tiny Habits,” then I’ll boldly predict this book will be translated as “Design Your Tiny Experiments.”
Core concept: Instead of forcing yourself to form lifelong good habits like “Atomic Habits” suggests (sounds discouraging), do short-term experiments. Review after the experiment ends, don’t be afraid of failure, the key is whether the hypothesis holds and what you learn from the experiment.
If I had to commit to daily posting for life like marriage, that would be truly very stressful. But if it’s just dating for a bit, “trying it out” for four weeks to see the results? I think I can do that.
This was the last straw that broke the camel’s back.
Because I’ve been watching too much Disney with my kid recently, these three things together made me suddenly picture the scene from “The Lion King” where Mufasa gives Simba a pep talk from the sky.
It’s as if, in some mysterious way, countless people in the sky are shouting: “Time to try daily posting!”
So I designed my own tiny experiment.
My daily posting tiny experiment
Hypothesis: I have enough ideas and time to maintain daily posting, and I will enjoy doing it. Daily posting will help me accumulate content and audience faster, and launch my own little ebook sooner.
Experiment: Write one post each weekday, for four consecutive weeks, totaling 20 posts. Whether to write on weekends depends on the situation and mood.
Timeline: 10/13/2025 - 11/9/2025
The old me would wait until the 1st of next month to start, to make it complete. But that’s also an excuse.
Experiment in progress
So, I’ve started trying to post daily. No commitment, just a tiny experiment, giving it a TRY.
But even being able to post daily for a week makes me feel pretty accomplished.
I think it’s because over the past year, I’ve stuck to posting monthly and figured out many things that allow me to try this tiny experiment:
- I want to be a writer, so I should focus on writing.
- I’m not the protagonist, there won’t be miracles, I must take action myself.
- To stand out, you have to do something harder.
- Ideas have an expiration date, should act while they’re fresh.
- Need to limit those interesting but unimportant things, like watching Netflix.
I am genuinely growing. So thank you to my past self for the effort, and my future self, keep going.
As for the experiment’s results, I’ll report back when it ends. If I quit halfway… let’s just pretend this post doesn’t exist (laugh).